It seems I'm the only one struggling with this! Down to last two - 26a Dog appears with singer on blockbuster movie: ?a?s?? 19d Crawlers going round ground, etc, making faces.
2d High duration tax: t???a?e Tonnage? 5d Eliot's read her book, too untidy to become Mrs. Casaubon: ????t??? ??o?p? 6d One loved Longaville, the other Surface: ????a. 5d must relate to Middlemarch,...
Have completed the body of the puzzle, just need to fill in the letters round the edge. I thought it might start "As if the Labour party have got to show . . ." but there's no f in the list of letters...
16a Actor Peter's shy meaningless performance that's not right: ?a?o?e. 21d Concur about good candidate for French lectureship: ?g???e. 25a Roman actuel delocalise autour de la Haute Vienne...
23/11a At a loss for words? Not working? Keep it pretty basic: ???? ?o?n. 8d Chlorine dumped on island by China - catastrophe our politicians only pay lip service to: thought it was Climate change,...
8d A victim of defamation blowing top in a row: ?l?g?e? 22d The lead milk producer lacks name for drink: t?p?l? - looks like tipple, but I can't justify it.
1a Masculine queen's presented with something like gorse in this Highlands story:??????l? ??o?? 1d Wilder character - one writing about bridge problem: ??o??r ??????? Really struggling with this one!
1aVeteran sailor has cash provided by Captain and crew: 9,5 middle letter of second word is A. 27a Tourgee's royal gentleman, one deserting French queen:??i?e?t? I did wonder if it might be Toinette -...
6d Like Brenda, on occasion, boasted about "one's focus" ?r???e? nb, Brenda is the Eye's name for the Queen. 11a State of independence that hurt one: i???...
17d Bill's position: getting end away on a highway:?l?c??? 14aWho succeeds crushing her with a vice: a??????? Need to finish this before we go away tomorrow!